Window-screen.



PATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.

I L. GOBTZ..

WINDOW SCREEN.

A'P PLIOAT'ION FILED NOV. 9, 1903.

no MODEL.

U v g I 1 41 b My mu v k lunw UNITED STATES Patented March 22, 1904.

PATENT is OFFICE.

WINDOW-SC EEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,294, dated March22, 1904.

\ Application filed November 9, 1903. Serial No. 180,430; (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEANDER Gon'rz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hagerstown, in the county of Washington and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindow-Screens; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in window-screens,and comprises simple means whereby a screen may be easily applied to andremoved from a window and held in locked relation while closed or open,and so constructed that it may be easily and quickly applied to anywindow or door open- The invention comprises various details ofconstruction, which will be hereinafter fully described and thenspecifically defined in the appended claims. 7

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this invention,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in thedrawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my improved screen.Fig. 2 -is a cross-sectional view on'line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail view of the locking mechanism.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter,Adesignates the frame of a window of ordinary construction, and securedto the inner faces of said frame are strips B, having longitudinalgrooves C therein, which extend substantially the length of said stripsand adjacent to one edge. These strips are adapted to be positionedparallel to each other and coming in stock may be easily applied andsecured to any window-frame.

D designates guide-plates which are fastened to one face of the screen,and their outer ends project beyond the adjacent edge of thescreen-frame and are adapted to engage in one of said longitudinalgrooves Cfor the purpose of guiding and holding the screen in place. Theopposite edge ofthe screen has a latchcasing E, the cover of which has atransverse slot E, and F is a latch working in a recess in said casing,and a spring K is fastened at one end to'the casing, and its other endbears yieldingly-against the inner end of said latch for the purpose ofthrowing it to its farthest outward limit. A handle N is fastened tosaid latch and projects through the transverse slot in the cover of saidcasing and serves to guide the latch and to limit its outer throw bysaid handle coming in contact with the outer end of the recess in thecasing.

The'latch is adapted to engage the longitudinal recess opposite therecess engaged by the plates D and to guide one edge of the screen as itis raised or lowered. -The recess in which the spring-actuated latchengages is of such a depth as to hold the latch from moving to its outerlimit, excepting when it comes opposite the recess 0, in which the latchis adapted to be thrown by the springv to hold the screen either closedor open, as may be desired, While two recesses are shown for thereception of the spring-actuated latch, it will be understood that anynumber of these may be provided, if desired, to hold the screen atdifferent heights.

By the con'structionof a screen embodying 'the features of my inventionit will be noted that the same maybe easily applied to any window, andby the simple construction of apparatus the screen maybe quickly removedwhen desired for any purpose by simply throwing thellatch back out ofgroove and removing the plates from the opposite edge of the groove inthe strip secured to the windowframe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A screen for windows comprising in combination with the frame of awindow, strips secured to the inner faces thereof and provided withlongitudinal grooves, a screen-frame, plates secured thereto andprojecting beyond the edge thereof, and adapted to be guided in one ofsaid grooves, and a latch on the opposite edge of the screen adapted tobe guided in the other groove, as set forth.

2. A screen for windows comprising in combination with the frame of awindow, strips secured to the inner faces thereof and havinglongitudinal grooves, one of which is provided with recesses in thebottom thereof, plates secured to the screen-frame and projecting beyondone edge thereof adapted to be guided in one of said grooved strips, aspring-actuated latch and casing therefor mounted upon the opposite edgeof the screen, said latch adapted to be guided in one of said groovedstrips, and to seat in one of said recesses to lock the screen, as setforth.

3. A window-screen comprising in combination with grooved strips adaptedto be attached to the casing of a window or door, one of said groovedstrips being provided with recesses in the bottom thereof, platessecured to said screen projecting beyond one edge thereof and designedto be guided in one of said grooved strips, a casing secured to theopposite edge of the screen, a spring-actuated latch mounted in saidcasing, a handle projecting from the latch and guided in a transverseslot in the covering of the casing, the end of said slot adapted tolimit the outer throw of the latch, the latter adapted to be guided inone of said grooved strips and to seat in one of said recesses, wherebythe screen may be locked, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

LEAN DER GOETZ.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. MCDOWELL, A. YINGLING.

